Jury Of Her Peers Vs Trifles Essay

Trifles Vs. A Jury of Her Peers A Jury of Her Peers and Trifles by Susan Glaspell are very similar stories. The stories are about the marginalization of women in society. The roles of women as workers were downgraded a lot, never taking into account just how hard the work is doing all of the household chores every day, and preparing and planning for the future. In the stories, they are treated like they do not mean anything in the workforce and are only there to serve the world and the men in it.
They both share the same plot. However, one piece is a play and one is a short story. This makes them the same story, but in different genres of literature. I found that it was easier for me to watch the play rather than read the short story. This is because I prefer to watch TV than read books. Now, if the play wouldn’t have been a film then I would have read the short story. I believe plays are easier to understand if they are actually acted out, rather than reading them alone because it is a little difficult to read in a book. An advantage I found in seeing the play was that its title was sadder and it fits the story better. Also, the film can better give an emotional and sad feel to it by being
The short story is named A Jury of Her Peers because Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter basically decided the fate of Minnie. They both decided not to turn in the evidence and then held a major role in the story. The name of the play is also very interesting. In the play Hale states that women are constantly “worrying over trifles.” These are the same trifles that if the men paid attention to them then they would be able to get plenty of evidence against Minnie. It is very ironic that the men are sarcastic towards the women during the whole play while the women solved the case in a matter of